Coin delivery machine



f July 19, 1932. E. J. BRANDT GOIN DELIVERY MACHINE 2 sheets-sheetI 1 Filed Dec. 1Q, 1928 July 19, `1932. E. J. BRANDT COIN DELIVERY MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 10, 1928 M65 y Wr Patented July 19, 1932 y UNITE D 1 siAT-lis PAT EDWARD J. BRANnIyoF WA'IuiIvroWN, WISCONSIN, AssIGNoR To BRANDT AUTCNIATIC Y CASIIIER COMPANY, onWATEn'r'oWN, WISCONSIN. v

CoIN DLIvERY MACHINE 'Appiieatipn nieu nee'em'ber 10, 192s. serial No."32 5,`oe3. Y

This invention relates to a'coin delivery machine In coin delivery machines as heretofore constructed, it 'is the usual practice to provide a coin delivery tray having a plurality of coin channels, each coin `channel'carrying coins of a certain denomination. Itis desirable, in these machines, under certain conditions' to provide for the discharge of more than one coin of the same denomination. Heretofore, this has been accomplished either by providing a plurality of coin channels for coins ofthe same denomination,l lor by providing for the dischargeof a plurality" of coins from one channel. In either "case, duplication of channels is required, Which materially increases the bulkjand mechanism of themachine p This invention is designed to overcome the defects noted above, and objects of theinvention are to provide a coin delivery machine Which is so made that a coin trayprovided With channels for coins of dierent denomlnations has one or morejof these channels provided with means governing thenumber of coinsejected therefrom, suchimeansnormally permitting the ejection of a. single coin, but under other conditions permitting the discharge of a plurality offcoins of a predetermined number.

More specifically, objects fare. to provide a' coin deliverymachine in Which key controlled mechanisms operate ejectors which are associated with thedifferent coin channels, and to provide-'one coin channel With ytvvo ejectors located at diiferent heights, and to equip such coin channel With a movable member normally allowingV the `Vdischarge, of `a single coin, but when a. Ice rtain one of the ejectors is"operated,ppermit ting the discharge of a predetermined nurn-Y Vber of coins,

`A still `further object of the invention resides in the `provision of positive meansf'as? sociated With-a coin channel to control the discharge cfa varying number'of coins therefrom. t

with thel above endether ebjeefe in View,

Which appear as the description proceeds,4 the j h v j h n I y h n 4lips leere' spaced. ,fffmllthev upper dgefftheioo invention resides in the `novel construction,

of this invention 58 byv means of a spring9.' l f Y is provided With an ejector 110, urged up` Wardly by means V of the spring 11,` These,V ,Qejectorsicooperate Witha plurality lof coin embodiment Vof the present invention Coli-v structed according-to the best mode yso far "devised forfthe practical application of the i 'principles thereof,A

embodiment ofthe invention is shown in'the laccompanying drawings in Which' l .Figure l is a sectional view through ai 'coin discharge machine with the machine in normal position; Q j f "k. Figur l2 is amface v ievv'offthe coin chang Ll", u r FgureV is av fra mentarylsectional view onthelineS- of ig'ure 2'; j l

Figureit is a sectional vievir through` the flower portion of one of the channels; Figure y5 is a sectional `5- 5[ofFigure1.e

lines 6-'6 of Figures 2 andl.:

R ferrin'g to the drawings, it .Will beseen i that I the ycoin 'delivery Vmachine is f provided nisms veach mechanism 4including a key lever '1, provided with alkey 2 and pivotally ViewV on vthe line Figure G 'is a .plan section Vtalrenonl theV with ,a plurality ofu key` operated mecha-'le mountedl at a 'relativelyelevated point upon "the shaft or pivot pin 3. "The key lever mayA The"selector is carried by :arockingmember f6` and atits rear end actuates the lower. end

of the ejector lever 7. i This `ejector leverhas 'fits upper 'end held normally against' `a stop ach ejector `lever vided",Withfpartition plates 13 which terminatefin inwardly j directed lips 14,. The,

base 15, as may be seen from Figure 2, and

' Y thus allowthe discharge of a coin when the appropriate ejector is operated.V The ejecf tor, in each case, is carried within aV notch Vu vformed in thebase 15.V Y Y f a One' or .more 0f the channelsv is .provided with a relatively large notch 16 whichA carries a pair of ejectors 1()k and 17, th'e'fejector V being shown in Figure'. 1." 's

It isrto be noted from. Figure 2 thatthe ejector 10 Vstands at a greater height than the ejector 17, so that the lower-ejector will engage a single coin ,andLthe higher ejector will engage a plurality of coins. The'coins Ymay ejected, under ,normal conditions, only singly/*due to 'the lips V14. One ofthe lips,however, isprovlded with a cutgaway Thesis 22 i c aaalip-1eiwiih its lower edge the; lip` 18.y However, it willbe noted that formed thev supporting surface ofthe yloa-sie':15,i's f 'Y B5-Smead below the. 10u91 edges-ofthe slot22 and the'y lip 1S', n,thus normally allowing a single coin to beejejcted beneaththelip,y 18. However, L asecond ,coin` isi prevented vfrom 41.0 18V until the'latter is raised uponac'tuation of the ejectorflever- 7 Y., That portion of the partition 13 formingktlie 14 above'the slot l22H is curved, as Vshown in Figure 3, while v b'ase, extends f straight outwardly, Thus, 1 as Y shown in Figure 6, althoughfthe'lip`1'4 Yat the ppposite side of the channel. is'lfno't cutout,

whe, Segond @wwwibepemiaed 'to project Y throughv the exposed slotr22 and followfth'e uokrcontour lof the partiti-on adjacent., which is Jconcentric with the lip 14 atftheopposite side jofjthe channel,y and which is not cutaway,

- vt liusallowing,thef'ejectr to force thefcoin pststhe lip 14, ascthere is `suiflc'ient v.room

the same cooperates with the s, toi retain thesecond coin. y

no, f ,AS1 Sh fwn more clearly @Figures agde' i,Y the partition 13 is` cutaway, as indicated lat 211, a) ,provide more' fertile tubular-.member s The movable linger-18isiprovidedlwith l ,a .cut-away".lowergpoaionxqf face azie@- 565 Figure 4),"whi'ch is lspaced Vthe'tliel'cr'iess''of flush'with the lower edge of tween this lip and'thelip of the Epartitionv` of the channeleadjacent the finger "18j Obviously, when the'gate'vlS covers the slot 22, opposit'e lip 14 the movable member 18 normally rests upon the base, which is provided with a slot through whichl a linger 23, integral with the lip Vv18, slidably passes. c v

4 It` isapparent from the description thus far given that when the`lip'18 is in its norto its uppermostposition and the ejector lOuoperated, a predeterminednumber of coins 'are discharged, for example, two coins. Y

one coin from the base, while the bottom of e Y l 'm'al "o'r lowest position, that a single coin only i may be'v discharge'di iWheII the lip is raised The means for elevating the movable lip i Y 18 'may tale vdiHerent forms. However,in

'the form illustrated, inj-Figurell, applunger- 24, suitably guided, vcontacts with the lower end, ofthe tongue 23, The plunger'25 Viselevated` byrym'eans' o ffa small l'a'p`25 actuated a/"cam, 26carried by a rockfshaft' 27 whichfisprvded. with a'p 28, connected by means-'0f a 'spring 29,jt0a stationary por;

tion'of the machine, such ,spring returning um gaiiiighft 'to its mitin positron. as shown in'Figufrel, after each operation of the*v shaft.Y lrhissha'ftis alsol po'vide'dwitha pi'n, automatise by mme of ,a link 314 with Vthe lever'? of the higherejsctor 10,y

no y

y ,rais spare-ia, therme, that 'when :the

lower "ejector isopfeiated, ythe machine functions iii its .`normal niafnne'r, and allows the? 'discharge traW Single @mav when the Aappropria@ l'y, however, is depressed, 'theejec- A top10 isloperated ,andengage's 'twicoins I :A In 'addition "to this, the :rock` shaft 27 v'has a j rocking motion imparted'thereto'by means @fue 11131;V 'a1r and pin so, and thus e1-@vate A A A lelf'ip 118 t-fts' unpefmdst position arid-"2.119%" Y f coin deliveryv niac'hinehaslbeen provided by l.entin lwhichl (ities not Y necessitate VVa pluralit`7 ofr coin `channels 'for yCoinsl'of the same denominationfbut which, instead, has

finte'cnanisin vfso constructed valifdl V"associated y,y"with;tle'oinj channellthat it ordinarily moves Vthe re'stainbflip upwardly" and discharges a `pluralii'ly 'of coins.

n ,the two coins, to nass fromthe coin'channelr 'machine fis very "easy togoper'a'te and is of sim "lestretiomtheSem1-prdrdesif0f a positive selective control foff the 'nu'n'fiber of fc'oin's t'o beY discharged; fr'om' v one' or 'more y s Y s Inacoindelivery machine, a coinltr'ay h'av- @ing a'fcoinfchannehsaid channel havingV a 'notchedb'ase 'two ejectrsllocatedj withinthe c notch` of `I vsaid ibase "and''position'ed 'at' differ# vent heights,levers` 'associated witheachfejec-V Ytor, ley controlled tmechanismY for lactuating 'said 'tb selectively' operate' the same, l .A ,.l'i'e' by. -ldehallel Ifr"lie,Siiiily.1 controlling the discharge foiis therefrom,

means actuated by one of said eJectors for` Y actuating said slide, said slide having a clownwarclly extending tongue, a rock shaft provided with a cam, mechanism operatively connecting said cam and said downwardly extending tongue, and means operatively connecting said rock shaft with the upper of said ejectors.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Watertown, in the county of Jeffersonand State of Wsy consin.

EDWARD J BRANDT. 

